I'm very excited about what I just did. So excited, in fact, I wanted to share it, though it's not about music (although "Ghost Riders In The Sky" has a prominent role).

I just booked a mule ride down the side of the Grand Canyon for next year. You have to book a year in advance. I hope I'm physically up to it, but the prepayment is fully refundable up to 45 days before the trip.

Here is a link to the adventure: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mule+trip+grand+canyon

I watched videos two and three (Scary Part and Phantom Ranch).

Anyone want to join me? :-) I have a cabin for two by myself, but mule availability is limited.

Post by Bill BI'm very excited about what I just did. So excited, in fact, I wanted to share it, though it's not about music (although "Ghost Riders In The Sky" has a prominent role).I just booked a mule ride down the side of the Grand Canyon for next year. You have to book a year in advance. I hope I'm physically up to it, but the prepayment is fully refundable up to 45 days before the trip.Here is a link to the adventure: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mule+trip+grand+canyonI watched videos two and three (Scary Part and Phantom Ranch).Anyone want to join me? :-) I have a cabin for two by myself, but mule availability is limited.

Post by Bill BI'm very excited about what I just did. So excited, in fact, I wanted to share it, though it's not about music (although "Ghost Riders In The Sky" has a prominent role).I just booked a mule ride down the side of the Grand Canyon for next year. You have to book a year in advance. I hope I'm physically up to it, but the prepayment is fully refundable up to 45 days before the trip.Here is a link to the adventure: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mule+trip+grand+canyonI watched videos two and three (Scary Part and Phantom Ranch).Anyone want to join me? :-) I have a cabin for two by myself, but mule availability is limited.

Post by Bill BI'm very excited about what I just did. So excited, in fact, I wanted to share it, though it's not about music (although "Ghost Riders In The Sky" has a prominent role).I just booked a mule ride down the side of the Grand Canyon for next year. You have to book a year in advance. I hope I'm physically up to it, but the prepayment is fully refundable up to 45 days before the trip.Here is a link to the adventure: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mule+trip+grand+canyonI watched videos two and three (Scary Part and Phantom Ranch).Anyone want to join me? :-) I have a cabin for two by myself, but mule availability is limited.

Here's my vote :-

1, The Mule - 102. The Grand Canyon (STILL never seen it in all my US trips) - 93. The Cabin - 84. Bill B. - 1

Post by Roger FordHere's my vote :-1, The Mule - 102. The Grand Canyon (STILL never seen it in all my US trips) - 93. The Cabin - 84. Bill B. - 1

Funny.I stood on the edge about forty years ago when my family took a cross country train ride. Although I never desired to do the train again, I put the mule trip on my bucket list.

I made the crossing several times but only by Greyhound or rented carnever by train both by northern route (NYC - Chicago etc) and Southern(Miami - New Orleans etc) and missed the Canyon (and Mt Rushmore andfew other famous sites) whichever way we took

Post by Roger FordHere's my vote :-1, The Mule - 102. The Grand Canyon (STILL never seen it in all my US trips) - 93. The Cabin - 84. Bill B. - 1

Funny.I stood on the edge about forty years ago when my family took a cross country train ride. Although I never desired to do the train again, I put the mule trip on my bucket list.

I made the crossing several times but only by Greyhound or rented carnever by train both by northern route (NYC - Chicago etc) and Southern(Miami - New Orleans etc) and missed the Canyon (and Mt Rushmore andfew other famous sites) whichever way we tookSadly then was then...........ROGER FORD-----------------------

Went there for the first time ever in September. South Rim, North Rim &Zion. As the poets say....wow !!!

Post by Roger FordHere's my vote :-1, The Mule - 102. The Grand Canyon (STILL never seen it in all my US trips) - 93. The Cabin - 84. Bill B. - 1

Funny.I stood on the edge about forty years ago when my family took a cross country train ride. Although I never desired to do the train again, I put the mule trip on my bucket list.

I made the crossing several times but only by Greyhound or rented carnever by train both by northern route (NYC - Chicago etc) and Southern(Miami - New Orleans etc) and missed the Canyon (and Mt Rushmore andfew other famous sites) whichever way we tookSadly then was then...........

Went there for the first time ever in September. South Rim, North Rim &Zion. As the poets say....wow !!!

Post by Roger FordHere's my vote :-1, The Mule - 102. The Grand Canyon (STILL never seen it in all my US trips) - 93. The Cabin - 84. Bill B. - 1

Funny.I stood on the edge about forty years ago when my family took a cross country train ride. Although I never desired to do the train again, I put the mule trip on my bucket list.

I made the crossing several times but only by Greyhound or rented carnever by train both by northern route (NYC - Chicago etc) and Southern(Miami - New Orleans etc) and missed the Canyon (and Mt Rushmore andfew other famous sites) whichever way we tookSadly then was then...........

Went there for the first time ever in September. South Rim, North Rim &Zion. As the poets say....wow !!!

How did it compare to your London jaunt? :)ROGER FORD-----------------------

London (Westminster Abbey, the Tower of London, the Eye, The TowerBridge), the rest of Great Britain (half of my ancestral homeland in theHighlands, Rossyln Chapel, Nessie, all the Castles, Stonehenge), andIreland (The Guinness Storehouse, The Ring of Kerry) , etc. , alsoproduced many, many wows, but of course they had a bit different accentto them.

Post by Roger FordHere's my vote :-1, The Mule - 102. The Grand Canyon (STILL never seen it in all my US trips) - 93. The Cabin - 84. Bill B. - 1

Funny.I stood on the edge about forty years ago when my family took a cross country train ride. Although I never desired to do the train again, I put the mule trip on my bucket list.

I made the crossing several times but only by Greyhound or rented carnever by train both by northern route (NYC - Chicago etc) and Southern(Miami - New Orleans etc) and missed the Canyon (and Mt Rushmore andfew other famous sites) whichever way we tookSadly then was then...........

Went there for the first time ever in September. South Rim, North Rim &Zion. As the poets say....wow !!!

How did it compare to your London jaunt? :)

London (Westminster Abbey, the Tower of London, the Eye, The TowerBridge)

You're lucky you're not in London right now where much of the centreof the city is in virtual lockdown due to the antics of a horde ofso-called climate change eco warriors whose days long protest hassucceeded in paralyzing the area with a seemingly inert police forcedoing little to prevent it.And once again adding even more to theBrexit fiasco in making Britain a laughing stock to the rest of theworld

Post by Bill BI'm very excited about what I just did. So excited, in fact, I wanted to share it, though it's not about music (although "Ghost Riders In The Sky" has a prominent role).I just booked a mule ride down the side of the Grand Canyon for next year. You have to book a year in advance. I hope I'm physically up to it, but the prepayment is fully refundable up to 45 days before the trip.Here is a link to the adventure: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mule+trip+grand+canyonI watched videos two and three (Scary Part and Phantom Ranch).Anyone want to join me? :-) I have a cabin for two by myself, but mule availability is limited.

------------You could make this on topic because there are a significant number of1950s records that mention mules. "Oke She Moke She Pop" by Joe Turnerand "Movie Magg" by Carl Perkins come to mind. And ISTR there was evena "Francis the Talking Mule" record featuring Donald O'Connor andwhoever did the voice of Francis.

Post by Bill BI'm very excited about what I just did. So excited, in fact, I wanted to share it, though it's not about music (although "Ghost Riders In The Sky" has a prominent role).I just booked a mule ride down the side of the Grand Canyon for next year. You have to book a year in advance. I hope I'm physically up to it, but the prepayment is fully refundable up to 45 days before the trip.Here is a link to the adventure: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mule+trip+grand+canyonI watched videos two and three (Scary Part and Phantom Ranch).Anyone want to join me? :-) I have a cabin for two by myself, but mule availability is limited.

------------You could make this on topic because there are a significant number of1950s records that mention mules. "Oke She Moke She Pop" by Joe Turnerand "Movie Magg" by Carl Perkins come to mind. And ISTR there was evena "Francis the Talking Mule" record featuring Donald O'Connor andwhoever did the voice of Francis.

Post by Bill BI'm very excited about what I just did. So excited, in fact, I wanted toshare it, though it's not about music (although "Ghost Riders In The Sky"has a prominent role).I just booked a mule ride down the side of the Grand Canyon for next year.You have to book a year in advance. I hope I'm physically up to it, butthe prepayment is fully refundable up to 45 days before the trip.https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mule+trip+grand+canyonI watched videos two and three (Scary Part and Phantom Ranch).Anyone want to join me? :-) I have a cabin for two by myself, but muleavailability is limited.

------------You could make this on topic because there are a significant number of1950s records that mention mules. "Oke She Moke She Pop" by Joe Turnerand "Movie Magg" by Carl Perkins come to mind. And ISTR there was evena "Francis the Talking Mule" record featuring Donald O'Connor andwhoever did the voice of Francis.

Post by Bill BI'm very excited about what I just did. So excited, in fact, I wanted toshare it, though it's not about music (although "Ghost Riders In The Sky"has a prominent role).I just booked a mule ride down the side of the Grand Canyon for next year.You have to book a year in advance. I hope I'm physically up to it, butthe prepayment is fully refundable up to 45 days before the trip.https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mule+trip+grand+canyonI watched videos two and three (Scary Part and Phantom Ranch).Anyone want to join me? :-) I have a cabin for two by myself, but muleavailability is limited.

------------You could make this on topic because there are a significant number of1950s records that mention mules. "Oke She Moke She Pop" by Joe Turnerand "Movie Magg" by Carl Perkins come to mind. And ISTR there was evena "Francis the Talking Mule" record featuring Donald O'Connor andwhoever did the voice of Francis.

Post by DianeEYou could make this on topic because there are a significant number of1950s records that mention mules. "Oke She Moke She Pop" by Joe Turnerand "Movie Magg" by Carl Perkins come to mind. And ISTR there was evena "Francis the Talking Mule" record featuring Donald O'Connor andwhoever did the voice of Francis.

-----------Sticks McGhee "Jungle Juice" has a verse about a mule.Big Maybelle "Jinny Mule"

And....guess I was wrong about Donald O'Connor being on the "Francis"record. It's just Chill Wills:

Post by Bill BI'm very excited about what I just did. So excited, in fact, I wanted toshare it, though it's not about music (although "Ghost Riders In The Sky" hasa prominent role).I just booked a mule ride down the side of the Grand Canyon for next year.You have to book a year in advance. I hope I'm physically up to it, but theprepayment is fully refundable up to 45 days before the trip.https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mule+trip+grand+canyonI watched videos two and three (Scary Part and Phantom Ranch).Anyone want to join me? :-) I have a cabin for two by myself, but mule availability is limited.

I'm envious. My old back makes it hard to sit at my computer in themorning, much less mount a mule.

Just watch out for falling tourists who were seeking the perfect selfie!

Post by Bill BI just booked a mule ride down the side of the Grand CanyonHere is a link to the adventure: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mule+trip+grand+canyonI watched videos two and three (Scary Part and Phantom Ranch).

Over before it begins. I had to cancel the trip because I recalled an episode of vertigo about five years ago while being towed up a very small ski slope standing up . I had to sit down on the slope until I got my bearings. If anyone watched the scary part video, which is only two minutes long, they would understand why I could not take a chance of a recurrence on a narrow trail, just me and the mule with no room for a wrangler.

Post by Bill BI just booked a mule ride down the side of the Grand CanyonHere is a link to the adventure: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mule+trip+grand+canyonI watched videos two and three (Scary Part and Phantom Ranch).

Over before it begins. I had to cancel the trip because I recalled an episode of vertigo about five years ago while being towed up a very small ski slope standing up . I had to sit down on the slope until I got my bearings. If anyone watched the scary part video, which is only two minutes long, they would understand why I could not take a chance of a recurrence on a narrow trail, just me and the mule with no room for a wrangler.C'est la vie said the old folks.

Post by Bill BI just booked a mule ride down the side of the Grand CanyonHere is a link to the adventure: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mule+trip+grand+canyonI watched videos two and three (Scary Part and Phantom Ranch).

You Norwegians and your skiing!

Sorry to say I inherited my interest and my ability in skiing from my Irish mother. The incident of vertigo was at a tiny hill called a ski slope at a dude ranch. I did once ski an intermediate slope at Whiteface Mountain in Lake Placid, which hosted Winter Olympics skiing, and I still marvel that I'm around to talk about it. I got on the intermediate trail by mistake. I didn't know how to slow down, so I just went straight down the slope at full speed. By some miracle, I didn't crash into something or someone, nor did I wipe out.

Post by Bill BI just booked a mule ride down the side of the Grand CanyonHere is a link to the adventure: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mule+trip+grand+canyonI watched videos two and three (Scary Part and Phantom Ranch).

You Norwegians and your skiing!

Sorry to say I inherited my interest and my ability in skiing from my Irish mother. The incident of vertigo was at a tiny hill called a ski slope at a dude ranch. I did once ski an intermediate slope at Whiteface Mountain in Lake Placid, which hosted Winter Olympics skiing, and I still marvel that I'm around to talk about it. I got on the intermediate trail by mistake. I didn't know how to slow down, so I just went straight down the slope at full speed. By some miracle, I didn't crash into something or someone, nor did I wipe out.

----------I always said I'd rather skydive than ski. On a positive note, I'm sureif I ever tried it I'd break my ankle before I got the chance to bash mybrains out on a tree like Sonny Bono.

I don't think there are any 1950s records about skiing so enough of thisstuff.

Post by Bill BI just booked a mule ride down the side of the Grand CanyonHere is a link to the adventure: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mule+trip+grand+canyonI watched videos two and three (Scary Part and Phantom Ranch).

You Norwegians and your skiing!

Sorry to say I inherited my interest and my ability in skiing from my Irish mother. The incident of vertigo was at a tiny hill called a ski slope at a dude ranch. I did once ski an intermediate slope at Whiteface Mountain in Lake Placid, which hosted Winter Olympics skiing, and I still marvel that I'm around to talk about it. I got on the intermediate trail by mistake. I didn't know how to slow down, so I just went straight down the slope at full speed. By some miracle, I didn't crash into something or someone, nor did I wipe out.

----------I always said I'd rather skydive than ski. On a positive note, I'm sureif I ever tried it I'd break my ankle before I got the chance to bash mybrains out on a tree like Sonny Bono.I don't think there are any 1950s records about skiing so enough of thisstuff.

E.c Beatty's "Ski King" is the one I'd have chosen too. Came out herein '59 on Felsted. Got a few plays. I kinda liked it at the time. Thesong was revived in 1964 by Felton Jarvis but I've never heard (orseen) his record.

Off topic and hardly a favorite of mine but BY FAR the biggest ski-ingrecord we ever had at Moondog's was the much requested huge 1966Northern Soul number "Skiing In The Snow" by The Invitations